The dark of my room our twin breaths are loud, but I barely notice. His touch sets me alight. His kiss burns across my skin, and I want more.
"Kate?" Aiden whispers, his breath tickling my ear and making the goosebumps worse.
I close my eyes and drop my chin. "I n-need to stop."
There's this moment where I think he's going to ignore me--I want him to ignore me!--and kiss me again. Touch me more. That we could . . . do more. My heart races even faster and I'm sure my pupils grow darker just like his are. But as I begin to lean into him, give myself up, Aiden, suddenly awkward, lets me go like I burned him.
I overbalance with an embarrassing squawk.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you—" he takes a step back and almost tips over backwards onto the bed.
